Chapter 405 Complaint

The sounds of carnival echoed for a long time over the city, forming a sharp contrast with the quiet and desertedness inside the palace. The inside and the outside seemed out of place, as if one was in another completely different world.

Time passed by minute by minute. In front of Augusta Galla Placidia's bed, Augustus Valentinian III had stopped crying for a long time. He knelt, holding his deceased mother's hands tightly in both hands, his head resting on the white sheets. He didn't care that his luxurious purple clothes were wrinkled by him, and grief filled his body.

He just leaned against his mother's bed. After such a long time, he didn't move, only the ups and downs of his breathing. No one dared to go forward to find out what was going on, for fear of disturbing the grief of Augustus Valentinian III. This child who used to like to be free and unreasonable, who had just experienced great grief, didn't know what the consequences would be if he got angry at this time.

Everyone present was looking at Luca, because they knew that at this time Luca was the only one who had the ability to find out. At least after disturbing Augustus, this child would also consider his own situation when he got angry.

In the hopeful eyes of the crowd, Luca mustered up the courage to step forward, stretched out his hand and placed it on the shoulder of Augustus Valentinian III, and with a little force, he turned Valentinian's body over. Oh, he has been sleeping for a long time, Luca thought to himself.

"It's good this way, just like a baby in swaddling clothes, when it gets tired of crying, it will fall asleep. It's good this way, at least the pain will be relieved after crying." Luca whispered and let go of his hand, fearing that he would disturb Augustus' dream.

Looking up and seeing the looks in the maids' eyes, Luca realized that he was the only one who could make the decision here, so these people were waiting for Luca's opinion so that they could execute it and get busy instead of standing here stupidly.

"Let him sleep like this, poor child. This will be the last time he sees his mother." Luca whispered, afraid of disturbing Valentinian's sweet dream. He took off his cloak and covered Valentinian with it. The depressing atmosphere in the room made him breathless. After giving the order hastily, he turned around and left the dormitory.

"grown ups."

Luca had just pushed the door open when he heard this faint sound, and he almost screamed. Fortunately, he was a man who had seen the world, and his strong composure allowed him to calm down quickly. He looked closely and found that it was Likinia's maid.

"Oh, why is it you again!"

Lu Jia hurriedly pulled her aside, thinking that this guy must be up to no good when he showed up. Seeing this unlucky woman, Lu Jia was naturally furious, but he couldn't do whatever he wanted in such a serious place, lest people suspect him.

"Tell me, what's the matter? Why do you come to me instead of serving your master?" Such a question that he asked knowingly showed that Luca was at a loss for words and didn't know how to speak.

The maid just watched Luca's hysteria end quietly, and then said calmly: "Still on the top floor of the palace, in the garden, Augusta is waiting for you, sir."

After saying this, the maid left, leaving Luca alone, as if this was no longer a request, but a requirement of the new Augusta.

"Ha, very good!"

Luga was filled with rage, thinking that he had been promoted after all, but now he was being ordered around like a puppet by a maid. Where was his face?

"I must teach this bad woman a lesson so that she will know some rules in the future! At least I will teach her maids to know some rules in the future!" Thinking of this, Luga went upstairs, along the familiar corridor. Along the way, except for the guards standing upright, they saw Luga's crown and scepter and naturally recognized Luga's current identity, so they had no right to block Luga's way.

In this way, they arrived at the top of the palace without any obstructions. They saw two guards at the door. When the guard saw Luga, he seemed to understand something in an instant, and raised his hand to push open the door behind him.

"What's going on? It's like everyone has conspired together." Luga stopped at the door and was reluctant to go in. He was confused. Even the guards had been bribed. What on earth this woman was thinking, Luga had no idea.

"Let's see what she will do, this immature and insidious woman." Luga whispered to himself, his right hand involuntarily pressing on the hilt of the sword on his right waist.

Luca walked in. There was no one else in the garden except Liginia, who was standing at the place where they had met before, with her big belly.

“Ahem!”

Luga came up behind her and coughed a few times. Likinia turned around quickly and looked at Luga with frightened eyes. After she was sure it was Luga, she stroked her chest and sighed, "Oh, my dear brother, you scared me. Don't you see that I have a child in my belly?"

"Oh, of course I know, yes." Luca looked at Likinia and asked expressionlessly, "Are you trying to tell me that the baby in your belly is a childish trick of mine?"

"Hey, what's that?"

Likinia looked at Luca with anger on her face, stroking her belly and said, "I didn't call you here today because of this matter. Besides, Eudolia is indeed your child. I can swear on this by the child in my belly!"

"Does Valentinian know?" Luca asked.

"What?" Likinia seemed not to hear clearly.

"I say!" Luca said word by word, "Does Valentinian know about Eudoria's affairs? Or does he see some clues in it?"

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"No, no." Likinia shook her head.

"That's good." Lu Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "If he knew about this, I'm afraid he would have stabbed me with a knife when the enfeoffment was divided."

"Hmph, he won't, this cowardly and selfish guy." Liginia snorted coldly. It seemed that she was very dissatisfied with her husband. She continued, "Have you forgotten that he was like a trembling bird curled up in front of a lion in front of Aetius? The golden light of the golden crown on his head could not arouse his awareness of his own identity. He could only rely on you to stop him and survive. Without his mother, the regent queen Praxiteia, he is just a clown sitting on the throne. Enough, I've had enough. It's obviously humiliating to be with him and unable to resist. He seems to have forgotten his identity, because he has no ability, not even the ability to maintain his dignity. He has disgraced the Purple Chamber!"

"That's normal!" Luca retorted, "In the past, no matter big or small, his mother always made the decisions, but now his mother is gone, and he has to do many things by himself, so it's common to mess up and fail at the beginning. He will always be able to deal with the many problems now."

"Oh, that's impossible." Li Jinia poured cold water on him and said, "He should also think carefully about whether he can keep his position, this poor bastard."

"Likinia," Luca said seriously, "I don't allow you to say that about your husband. After all, he loves you."

"There are many people who love me, but why should I waste everything I have on this bastard? If he wasn't Augustus, I wouldn't marry him, and I wouldn't even look at him." Liginia stared at Luca, stepped forward with her belly bulging, grabbed the red tassel on Luca's armor, and asked Luca in a gentle tone: "I know that Galla Placidia ordered you to keep protecting his safety, but you also understand that Aetius controls all the soldiers in the regions and cities here, which is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of Rome. Valentinian is only Augustus in name. So now the Purple Chamber needs you, and Galla Placidia also realized this. They need someone who can compete with Aetius, and that person is you, Flavius ​​Luca!"

"In any case, let's not talk about this anymore!" Luca didn't know what Likinia wanted to express specifically, but he could tell from the way Likinia spoke that no matter what the outcome was, it was a very bad conspiracy.

"You shouldn't think so, Luca!" Liginia looked at Luca with anxious eyes. "She is dead, her power has collapsed, and she has nothing left. But you are my father's adopted son, a member of the Flavius ​​family!"

(End of this chapter)